Manifesto

Sheriff Bill Brown has defended the officers’ actions, but the case highlights the challenges that police face in assessing the mental health of adults, particularly those with no history of violent breakdowns, institutionalizations or serious crimes.

Several cities and counties, as well as a host of anonymous donors, announced plans Friday to determine who, if anyone, should receive the roughly $1 million reward offered during the hunt for rogue ex-LAPD cop Christopher Dorner.

Civil rights attorney Connie Rice said relations between the LAPD and Angelenos could be damaged in the face of racism allegations against the department made by triple homicide suspect Christopher Dorner.

In a long, rambling manifesto addressed to “The Nation” with the subject “Last Resort,” former LAPD officer Christopher Dorner — a fired LAPD officer accused in a double homicide in Irvine — laid out a long list of concerns, slights, charges and threats against fellow LAPD officers who he blames for a 2008 termination.

While the country of Norway was expressing a national day of mourning, after the spree killing and bombing Friday that left as many as 100 dead, authorities in Los Angeles were asking if the madman — Anders Breivik — has a sister or other relatives in Los Angeles?